[blowblack91]

my truck is smokin from the clutch/tranny area. the clutch is soft and at higher rpms something is slapping around in there. any suggestions? i was thinkin a new clucth or possibly just throwout bearing

 

[nick03]

yeah your clutch is burnt! A new clutch is what you are needing!

 

[blowblack91]

alright thank you. anybody got an extra clutch?

 

[MART5.9]

If you are to get a new clutch , get a aftermarket clutch....the original is a pieces of junk, I`m on my second one and I`m always nice and smooth with it. If you`re going to spend money on a new one get a good quality aftermarket clutch

 

[blowblack91]

alright, i just called my local shop and he told me $507 but im sure that was just a stock one

 

[cumminspride]

My buddy and I just rebuilt his NV and we put in a Valair kevlar/ceramic with the 3600# pressure plate and it is a VERY NICE clutch. $600

However if you're not going over 350HP the stock SACH Clutch is a good replacment. $400

 

[Ikonoid]

...the original is a pieces of junk...

Yeah, that's why they've been known to go over 300k miles and outlast the truck in some cases. :rof

I suppose that's also why Sachs is one of the oldest, most respected makers of clutches and related parts in the business. :rof

 

[cumminspride]

Ikonoid, I would bet he's reffering to the 12.25" 94 and up stock clutch that really does SUCK!

 

[Ikonoid]

Did I just Wake Up In the Wrong Forum?

Now that you mention it, the pic in his avatar does look lke a later model truck. Why do all these overvalvers feel the need to make useless comments in the 1st gen forums?

 

[blowblack91]

alright guys, so today i get in the truck just to move it around the yard and the clucth is fine and tight and no smoke. what the hell?

 

[cumminspride]

You need to pull it before you tear somthing up worse.

 

[unixcowboy]

alright guys, so today i get in the truck just to move it around the yard and the clucth is fine and tight and no smoke. what the hell?

No Smoke = NO Friction Material :rof:rof

 

[blowblack91]

a mechanic told me to check the fluid because its a hydraulic clucth, so i did and it was real brown and its supposed to be clear. so i drained the little resevoir out and refilled and its doin even better now. should i just replace it?

 

[unixcowboy]

I'd just flush the lines, refill with new fluid and watch it for a week.

 

[blowblack91]

ok thats what i was thinkin, there should be a bleed screw in the slave cylinder right? if i just pop that and let gravity bring it out and refill till i got all fresh fluid, mayby she will last a little longer

 

[unixcowboy]

:thumbsup You got it

 

[blowblack91]

thanks man. ok so i did all that and now i have no clutch at all, is there air in the lines maybe?

 

[blowblack91]

ok i pumped it till i got the stifness back and i took it out and it works good other that somethin rattlin when you let of the accelerator

 

[deerslayer1979]

I am guessing the clutch finally went out completely. If there was air in it it wouldn't disengage, meaning it would be on all the time
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